Mornin' all. Again. I was about to say "unfortunately", but in reality, it beats the alternative.
I was the fat dorky kid who was dressed in Goodwill specials and hand me downs with long hair because there was just not enough money for regular hair cuts. I was picked on a lot, but never physically. I think part of that was the fact that I would readily get into a fight when I saw someone WAS getting physically picked on. No, I didnt win any of them, but after reading what Rick's dad taught him, I guess you could say I won all of them. It all worked out in the end though. I walked into Subway a few years back to get me some lunch. And lo and behold... one of the guys that picked on me (and others) the most.... the same guy that had whooped my .... for sticking up for someone else... was working there. Not management. Making my sandwich. And he looked horrible. Overweight and he looked like he was on the backside of a five day bender. I almost felt sorry for him. Almost.
The eval yesterday went about as well as I expected. The two self eval grades that were reduced were a topic I brought up. And both were explained to me WHY they were knocked down. One, almost made sense, so I let it go. The other, I still dont get. But, it wont matter anyway. The Douche Canoe refuses to give out "Exceeds" in anything and your lucky to see a "Fully Meets". The way he sees it, youre just doing your job.
Our first game yesterday went as well as I expected, but no where near what I hoped for. Final score was 3-20. We beat ourselves up on defense more than the other team beat us. If my defense and been able to finsh plays, it would have been a LOT closer game, even if it wouldnt have been a win. My first baseman, who did an EXCEPTIONAL job in practice, let her nerves affect her. I think she'll do really well once she can relax a bit. But my other biggest issue was with my backup pitcher who I had at shortstop. She's a darned good player, but seemed like she didnt want to be on the field last night. I dont know if its because she was mad she wasnt pitching, or if there was something else going on, but she was terrible last night. She didnt make a single catch. Every groundball looked like she was trying to showboat it with one hand (something that Ive been trying to fix for two years with her) and the ball would pop out of her glove, and then when she DID make a decent stop, she would either try to run to the base herself instead of letting her second baseman make the play, or throw to first base with a nasty throw that no one could catch. We've got our work cut out for us next practice.
I had more to talk about, but I gotta get running. Our HVAC vendors are onsite for the tenth workday in a row, and they are still messing crap up. Right now, there is an alarm going off because the went into the building after I told them not to... duma$$es...
I'll check back in when I can. Y'all have a good day.
Mean people suck.
